Editorial Introduction
The October 2012 issue of China Health Review focuses on healthcare reforms.
The Interview section features two conversations centered on healthcare reform in China and the United States. Professor LI Ling from Peking University recounted her path from physics to macroeconomics and to health economics, while moving around from Wuhan to Pittsburg, to Towson, Maryland, and finally back to Beijing! Our interviewer, Dr. Rui Li, was fascinated by Professor LI’s involvement in and thoughts on China’s healthcare reform. Professor Yuanli Liu of Harvard University shared with Dr. Lingling Zhang his views on the healthcare reforms in China and the United States. He also provided updated information on the 2nd China-US Health Summit.
In the Perspective section, Professor Yuanli Liu delves into an in-depth review comparing the healthcare reforms in China and the United States. Professor XIONG Maoyou summarized a proposal to address issues facing China’s health system from a practitioner’s perspective.
Research Twitter provides summaries of ten recent publications related to China’s health, including tobacco crop substitution, anaemia reduction, lung cancer, universal health insurance, audits to reduce caesareans, body mass index and health-related quality of life, alcohol drinking and overall and cause-specific mortality, and inequalities in income and health.
Policy Practice and Updates includes seven updates covering topics including medicine procurement system, electronic health record, human rights action plan, New Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance, and the recently established Health Policy Award by Minister CHEN Zhu.
In About CHPAMS, we introduce to you Dr. Lu Shi. You will also find recent career updates from Drs. Lu Shi and Xuesong Han, a report by Jing Li, Dr. Xin Xu, and Yan Ding on CHPAMS’s participation at the Westlake Youth Forum in August 2012.
News and Announcements section features a job opportunity with Sichuan University and the announcement of the 2nd China-US Health Summit in Beijing later this month.
Enjoy Reading!
2012年10月期《中国卫生评论》是关于中国医疗卫生改革的主题专刊。
访谈部分包括两篇关于中国医疗卫生改革问题的谈话。北京大学李玲教授回顾了她如何从物理学转到宏观经济学和卫生经济学，即从武汉到匹兹堡，再到马里兰州，并最终回到了北京的人生经历！李蕊博士对李玲教授关于中国的医疗卫生改革的参与和见解很感兴趣。哈佛大学刘远立教授分享了他对中国和美国的医疗卫生改革的见解；另外，他还提供了第二届哈佛中美健康峰会的最新信息。
在观点栏目中，刘远立教授对中美两国的医疗卫生改革的进程进行了深入的剖析和比较。熊茂友教授从政策实践的角度，总结了中国医疗卫生改革面临的问题以及相关建议。
研究动态列出10篇最新的有关中国卫生的文章，包括烟草替代作物、减少贫血、肺癌、全民医保、审计以减少剖腹产、身体质量指数（BMI）和健康有关的生活质量问题、饮酒及其全因和特因死亡率、收入和健康的不平等问题。
政策与新闻提供了有关药品采购系统、电子健康记录、人权行动计划、新型农村合作医疗保险、以及最近陈竺部长捐资成立的卫生政策奖相关信息。
CHPAMS之声栏目中有史律博士的介绍，史律博士和韩雪松博士的近期工作变化，以及李婧、徐昕博士、和丁燕撰写的CHPAMS参与2012年八月西湖青年论坛的报告。
快讯栏目中请注意四川大学的招聘广告和即将在北京召开的第二届哈佛中美健康峰会的信息。
阅读愉快！
Table of Contents
Interview
A Conversation with Prof. LI Ling
by Rui Li, PhD
An Interview with Prof. LIU Yuanli
by Lingling Zhang, ScD
Perspective
Increasing the Affordability of healthcare: comparing Reforms in China and the united states
by Yuanli Liu, PhD.
'1+N' method: a promising way to quality and affordable health care for China's 1.3 billion people
by XIONG Maoyou
Research Twitter
Policy and Practice Updates
About CHPAMS
Feature member: Lu Shi, PhD, MA
Members’ Updates
From the Planning Committee
News and Announcements